Norman Brewer, Sydney
The 2005 Freedom Ride, organised by the reconciliACTION network, will be launched on the anniversary of the legendary 1965 Freedom Ride. A busload of 30 students — black and white united — will depart around noon on
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Dick Nichols
Exit the cardboard messiah, sunk in self-pity. Enter (stage right) the new round of candidate saviours. Good grief, they look a bit shopworn, don't they? Thrice-recycled "bomber" Beazley with his pompous drone about "stability",
On January 12, the Iraq Survey Group — Washington's "weapons inspectors" charged with discovering the vast arsenal of weapons of mass destruction that the White House claimed Saddam Hussein's regime possessed — announced that the search for Iraqi
John Gauci
Rather than allocate urgently needed funding to the TAFE and public school system, the federal Coalition government plans to establish eight private vocational colleges in NSW, at a cost of $289 million.
According to a federal
The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing America's War Profiteers, the Media That Love Them and the Crackdown on our RightsBy Amy Goodman, with David GoodmanAllen & Unwin346 pages (pb), $24.95
REVIEW BY MAUREEN FRANCES
This book examines how our
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
The Stolen Wages Campaign Working Group has criticised the Queensland government's limitation on resources to pursue claims for "stolen wages" for Aboriginal workers, who had wages withheld or absorbed into state revenue for
Chris Slee
Tamils around the world are collecting money to help tsunami survivors in the north and east of Sri Lanka. The Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) has played a key role in aid efforts in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Initially
The image of Che's face — of indignation, of determination, of strength yet intelligence and purity, with piercing eyes — is the most reproduced image of the 20th century. Millions wear it on T-shirts; capitalism ironically uses it to sell lip
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91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Alex Bainbridge spoke to Graeme Kelly, the founder of the band Civil Rights.
Why did you call the band Civil Rights?
Because myself, and some members in the band,
VENEZUELA: Government expropriates paper company
On January 19, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed decree number 3438, expropriating the paper company Venepal. The National Assembly had previously passed a decree unanimously declaring the
Lisa Macdonald
While the Coalition is currently riding high in the polls, the prospect of a fourth term, and control of the Senate, has the bosses baying for blood. As the inevitable attacks on workers and the poor kick in, we can expect PM John
Rohan Pearce
"We are blessed to live in hopeful times", US President George Bush told an admiring audience in Washington on January 18. "In coming days, the Iraqi people will have their chance to go to the polls, to begin the process of creating a
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